Double cosmetic tube (balsamarium)
6th century
Medium/TechniqueGlass, free-blown with applied coil handles and looped trail decoration
DimensionsHeight: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number01.7451
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On viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Azeez Khayat, New York (according to the MFA Register of Glass: said to have come from the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean); November 1901: purchased by MFA from Azeez Khayat for $ 272.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.7446-01.7451)
6th century AD
about 4th century A.D.
4th or mid 4th–early 5th century A.D.
4th–5th century A.D.
1st century A.D.
1st–2nd century A.D. or later
4th–5th century A.D.
4th–5th century A.D.
4th or second half of the 4th century–early 5th century
Late 3rd–5th century A.D.
about 4th century A.D.
about 4th century A.D.